Bloomberg Poor fourth-quarter earnings from two United Arab Emirates companies weighed on stock markets there on Thursday while Kuwait pulled back in another day of volatile trade. Dubai’s index fell 1.2 percent to 3,683 points, retreating from major technical resistance at 3,737-38 points, the peaks in January. Air Arabia slumped 8.6 percent in unusually heavy trade after it made …

  Bloomberg Japanese equities slid ahead of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Friday meeting with US President Donald Trump, offsetting a rally in Greater China shares to lead Asia stocks lower. “Japanese stocks are consolidating after the yen strengthened, while investors wait for more geopolitical catalysts,” said Nicholas Teo, a trading strategist at KGI Securities Pte. in Singapore. Japan’s Topix fell …

  Bloomberg US stocks advanced as oil’s rise above $53 a barrel lifted energy producers before key reports from OPEC and the International Energy Agency. The dollar continued to churn in place, while Treasuries halted the longest rally in eight months. The S&P 500 Index edged within points of an all-time high, while equities in Europe rallied after solid results …